μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • JewishNeuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys. American Indian: in practically all the mythologies – see Thompson Tales 272 n. 1
  • Eskimo (Bering Strait)Nelson RBAE XVIII 456
  • general S. Am. Indian (Maya): Alexander Lat. Am. 131ff., (Bakairi): Alexander Lat. Am. 313, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XXXX 78, 84, 86, 112ff., Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 368, (Guaporé River): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379, (Chiriguano): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 484, (Guarayú): Métraux BBAE (3) 437, (Cubeo): Goldman BBAE CXLIII (3) 789, (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 685. – Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 115
  • general New Hebrides (Banks Is.): Codrington 152–166.
Within the index

Filed under Culture hero establishes law and order.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Culture hero invents and teaches the Irish languageCulture hero as god of agriculture
Filed beside it
Culture hero completes work of creatorCulture hero (demigod) overcomes monstersCulture hero tames winds in cavesCulture hero regulates riversCulture hero swallowed and recovered from animalDemigods fight as allies of mortalsCulture heroes clear plainsCulture hero builds rathsCulture hero establishes customsCulture hero establishes social systemCulture hero dispenses food and hospitality

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